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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH

1152 PM EDT THU JUN 25 2009



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BUTLER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OHIO...



* UNTIL 245 AM EDT.



* AT 1147 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED  

THAT THUNDERSTORMS HAD PRODUCED HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED   

AREA. RADAR ESTIMATED UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN IN THE 

PAST HOUR AND A HALF. IN ADDITION...PORTIONS OF CENTRAL BUTLER 

COUNTY SAW LARGE HAIL FALL FOR ALMOST A HALF HOUR. THIS ACCUMULATING 

HAIL WILL LIKELY LEAD TO CLOGGED STORM SEWERS AND AN ENHANCED FLASH 

FLOOD THREAT.



* HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA WITH ANOTHER   

INCH TO INCH AND A HALF POSSIBLE THROUGH 245 AM EDT. RUNOFF FROM 

THIS   EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR.



SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...FAIRFIELD...

HAMILTON...OXFORD...TRENTON...ROSS AND SEVEN MILE.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS AND LOW LYING AREAS RAPIDLY. DO NOT DRIVE

YOUR VEHICLE INTO WATER OF AN UNKNOWN DEPTH ON THE THE ROAD. IT ONLY

TAKES TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER TO CARRY AWAY MOST SPORT UTILITY

VEHICLES AND PICKUPS. TAKE A DIFFERENT ROUTE TO REACH YOUR

DESTINATION OR WAIT UNTIL THE WATER RECEDES. REMEMBER...MOST FLOOD

RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODING. IT IS VERY DIFFICULT AT NIGHT TO TELL HOW

MUCH WATER IS ON THE ROADS...ESPECIALLY IF VISIBILITY IS RESTRICTED

DUE TO HEAVY RAIN. IT ONLY TAKES TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER TO CARRY

AWAY MOST SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND PICKUPS. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT

DRIVE THROUGH WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. TAKE A DIFFERENT ROUTE TO REACH

YOUR DESTINATION OR WAIT UNTIL THE WATER RECEDES.



&&



LAT...LON 3953 8481 3954 8457 3940 8434 3930 8435

      3930 8452 3931 8453 3931 8467



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